Snyder is a shitbag and this was classless, as par for the course for this organization.

Yeah, I’ve seen enough 105+ win teams lose playoff series over the years to not put anyone as a lock to win a series in baseball.

There is a great scene in the movie The Rookie (my all-time favorite, live action, G-rated movie —- if you’ve got young kids, I highly recommend it) where the small town kids come to watch their coach/Jim Morris/Dennis Quaid pitch for Tampa Bay against the Rangers. There is a very cool, wide-eyed, “how great is this”…

If the rumors about this Cubs team clubhouse was true, Maddon was the least of their problems.

I’d be shocked if Maddon isn’t in San Diego by Columbus Day.

Oh, I’ve had it every year for years now.  It’s fuggin’ awesome.

New Orleans is probably my favorite city in the entire world. There’s really nowhere else like it. 

I think a valid argument could be made that New Orleans might be the greatest American city.

I think I’ve mentioned on an earlier Why Your Team Sucks for the Saints that while I may diss the team, I will *never* diss the city of N’Awlins itself. I’ve been there two times for library conventions, the second time was 2006 right after Katrina. The city was half-empty then but still trying to be vibrant, and I…

It is actual easy to screw up a trip to NOLA. Go anytime between May to August. 

Anyone who lives in Las Vegas and judges a tourist should be punched in the face. Tourists are the only reason that city exists.

I weirdly needed this Jamboroo right now. I went to New Orleans for the first time the weekend before last (for work) and immediately realized that, with my dislike of humidity, crowds, loud noise, and seafood, it was gonna be maybe not the party paradise I hoped for. But I went to a Mardi Gras float factory and ate…

It’s too bad that you didn’t get to enjoy one of my favorite parts of NO which is to finish eating and then take the rest of your beer to go.

New Orleans is my absolute second favorite city, and that’s only by virtue of my extreme homerism. Scheduling my third trip for November. Obviously a first timer has to hit up Bourbon Street/the French Quarter in general—and it is fun as hell, screw anyone decrying the experience—but hope you had time to get over to…

What, no bread pudding or other desserts?

Frenchman St is a must in New Orleans.  

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Americans I think tend to think of Europe as more cosmopolitan and diversey than it actually is. It makes sense American normally experience Europe though its most cosmopolitan cities, London, Pais, Berlin. It be like judging America by visiting New York, LA and Miami, it would be a very skewed view. Portugal is…

It was stupid, but man, Europeans are freaking weird about this stuff. There is a ton of racism that is just baked into the culture everywhere. When I lived over there I was often shocked at the amount of casual racism.

Say what you will about racism in the US (and it can be really bad, obviously!), but at least we…

Time tables for negotiating with players under contract are collectively bargained. Otherwise things like limiting a player to a five year contract are meaningless (you can’t sign a player to an extension and then a day later extend the extension).